Prototype floating shelf

[Irving]

The weight of what is on the shelf, makes it harder to open though. You could just build it on casters though.

[68Charger]

I kinda like yours better, at least for firearm concealment. No seam to be possibly seen.

Tag for later too, I need some regular floating shelves in my kitchen.

I'm with you on this- it looks like it's just a shelf, but there's a hidden compartment... you could even put some kind of lock or hidden latch on the bottom, and it wouldn't be obvious.

The weight of what is on the shelf, makes it harder to open though. You could just build it on casters though.

Ball bearing Drawer slides... like this:
http://www.wwhardware.com/kv-8400-fu...FQuPaQodJ30AiA

[Colorado_Outback]

I'm with you on this- it looks like it's just a shelf, but there's a hidden compartment... you could even put some kind of lock or hidden latch on the bottom, and it wouldn't be obvious.



Ball bearing Drawer slides... like this:
http://www.wwhardware.com/kv-8400-fu...FQuPaQodJ30AiA

The perfect hidden lock for this setup would be a pair of holes drilled vertically one on each side, drop a steel pin in there and you can easily remove it with a magnet. Very hard to see if you dont know what too look for and impossible to open with out the "tool". Usually enough security for idiots and curious children.

My dad secured his powder cabinet like this the entire time we were kids, he still had to show me once I started reloading later in life. haha.

[Akyla]

The perfect hidden lock for this setup would be a pair of holes drilled vertically one on each side, drop a steel pin in there and you can easily remove it with a magnet. Very hard to see if you dont know what too look for and impossible to open with out the "tool". Usually enough security for idiots and curious children.

My dad secured his powder cabinet like this the entire time we were kids, he still had to show me once I started reloading later in life. haha.

That's a great idea for an inconspicuous lock. That idea would probably work to secure a number of different things I imagine.